Getting Serious About the System: A Fieldbook for District and School Leaders - Couverture souple

Cowan, D'ette F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1452205116 ISBN 13 : 9781452205113

Editeur : Corwin, 2012

Synopsis

A focused approach to raising student achievement

This fieldbook shows how to focus on the issues that have most impact upon student achievement. This multidimensional process also will increase the competencies of everyone involved while implementing solutions districtwide. The authors outline the framework and step-by-step guidance for simultaneously addressing the essential components and competencies at multiple levels of the local educational system. Key strategies include:

• Concentrating on aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment to state and Common Core State Standards
• Working on the underlying issues that are impacting the system
• Garnering support from all staff members to maximize time, resources, and energy

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Stacey Joyner is a Program Associate at SEDL--a nonprofit education research, development, and dissemination corporation based in Austin, TX. She participates in efforts to build state education staff capacity to serve districts and schools. She is the former editor of the USDE′s Reading First newsletter The Notebook, and former editor of the Texas Comprehensive Center′s newsletter Texas Focus. She is co-author of SEDL's Working Systemically in Action, a comprehensive process for school improvement.

Prior to joining SEDL, Ms. Joyner served as the Reading Coordinator for the Idaho State Department of Education. She has 11 years of teaching experience. She has served as a reading specialist and teacher trainer for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ms. Joyner holds a BA in Elementary Education from Idaho State University and an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Shirley Beckwith is a Communications Associate with SEDL′s Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC). She provides editorial review of training materials and resources used in meetings hosted by the TXCC and prepares materials for submission to national evaluators. She also provides and reviews content for the TXCC Web site. She has been involved in several revisions of the Working Systemically approach, including the 2008 Working Systemically in Action: A Guide for Facilitators and a conversion of the process into a scripted training manual for school support teams.

Prior to joining SEDL Ms. Beckwith worked for several years at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs as the coordinator and researcher for the Guide to Texas State Agencies. Ms. Beckwith has a master's degree in Library and Information Science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1452205116
• ISBN 13: 9781452205113
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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